Sausage and Peppers

Sausage and Peppers  Rating: 7

This was a decent slow cooker recipe for a hectic day.  I threw this together and froze two dinners worth for such a time. 

We served it over whole wheat pasta since I hadn't made rolls.. It would have gotten a higher score, but as with most slow cooker recipes, the meat was cooked to oblivion and a senior citizen withOUT their dentures could have easily masticated this.  Flavor was good.

Peanut Stew

Peanut Stew  Rating: 7

This was one of my freezer/slow cooker meals I made along with 11 others on a marathon meal making day.  It was good.  Kids ate it up. Lots of nutritious things in there but then there's the debate that long exposure to high temperatures thwarts that.  Still the convenience of the slow cooker wins out some days.

She doesn't give measurements for the spices so I'll definitely be a little more heavy handed with the cayenne next time.  Just to warn you, the house will smell strong while the cabbage cooks down but the taste doesn't overwhelm the dish at all. We were just shy of a cup of peanut butter and it was plenty for us. 

You will have leftovers for sure because it makes a ton.  We have two adults and two toddlers and we could probably feed ourselves 3 times on this one pot alone.  Guess what's for lunch tomorrow?!

Chicken Tagine

Chicken Tagine  Rating: 8

Hurray!  I totally got to use my food processor for this recipe.  It doesn't matter if it chops or slices every peice uniformly because it's a slow cooker recipe and all slow cooker recipes come out looking like slop anyway.  And it did.  It came out looking like slop and tasting really good!

Changes we made were using 1 lb. of chicken breasts instead of thighs, 3 cloves of minced fresh garlic for the garlic salt, and vegetable stock instead of chicken.  Okay, and we used brown rice instead of couscous and it was great but I do prefer it over couscous.  Wonderful, sweet aromas fill your home while this cooks all day.  Easy, tasty, makes enough for left overs.